Auca
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Auca or AUCA may refer to:
- An alternative name for the HuaoraniHuaoraniThe Huaorani, Waorani or Waodani, also known as the Waos, are native Amerindians from the Amazonian Region of Ecuador who have marked differences from other ethnic groups from Ecuador. The alternate name Auca is a pejorative exonym used by the neighboring Quechua Indians, and commonly adopted by...
people of Ecuador - Operation AucaOperation AucaOperation Auca was an attempt by five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States to bring the gospel to the Huaorani people of the rainforest of Ecuador...
, an endeavor to evangelize the Huaorani tribe - Sociedad Deportiva AucasSociedad Deportiva AucasSociedad Deportiva Aucas is a football club based in Quito, Ecuador. They currently play in the third tier of the Ecuadorian football league, the Segunda Categoría, but have spent a majority of their history in the top-flight Serie A. The team is amongst the most popular in the city because of...
, a football club from Quito - American University of Central AsiaAmerican University of Central AsiaThe , formerly the Kyrgyz-American University, is a liberal arts University located in Bishkek, the capital of the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan....
- Auca (genus)Auca (genus)Auca is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The species in the genus Auca occur in Chile and Argentina and are common throughout the South-Temperate region. The common name is "Mariposa Negra Comun."...
, a genus of butterflies - Auca (cartoon)Auca (cartoon)An auca is a genre of a story in pictures developed mainly in Catalonia.-Description:The auca was present in some other parts of Spain, even though it was most popular in Catalonia. It has a structure somewhat similar to comics, but has more rigid...
, a Catalan genre of story in pictures - Auca (Rebel), an Argentine anarchist organisation based in La Plata